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ROBERT COHEN posted a condolence
ELLENVILLE, N. Y. 1957
GRECO'S POOL HALL AND BOWLING ALLEY, THREE YOUNG MEN, IN THEIR EARLY TEENS, MARK, BUTCHIE AND BOB, SETTING PINS FOR 10 CENTS A GAME. THAT IS MY FIRST MEMORY OF MY FRIENDSHIP WITH MARK ALBERT. I COULD TELL YOU 10 STORIES, 100 STORIES, A 1000 STORIES ABOUT ME AND MARK, BUT THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME, IT IS ABOUT MARK AND ALL OF YOU WHOSE LIVES HE TOUCHED.
SO, WHO WAS THIS MAN? HE WOULD BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT HE WAS STUBBORN, HE SAW THINGS HIS WAY AND IF YOU DIDN'T SEE IT HIS WAY, AT BEST YOU WOULD GET A ZINGER AND AT WORST AN ANGRY LECTURE. SO WHY DID SO MANY PEOPLE CLING TO THIS MAN, WHY DID SO MANY PEOPLE BEFRIEND HIM AND WANT TO BE PART OF HIS LIFE? WHO WAS THE REAL MARK ALBERT?
I MET THE REAL MARK LESS THAN A YEAR AGO AFTER SOME 55 YEARS. IT WASN'T AT THE POOL HALL, THE BAKERY, FISHING OR JUST SITTING AROUND AND TALKING.
I MET THE REAL MARK IN AN ASSISTANT LIVING HOME, SITTING AT A TABLE. MARK WAS HOLDING MARIONS HAND AND GENTLY STROKING HER ARM WITH HIS OTHER HAND. HE FED HER LUNCH AND MADE SURE SHE ATE ALL HER ICE CREAM AND WITH THAT SMILE AND THAT TWINKLE IN HIS EYES, A KISS ON THE CHEEK AND "SEE YOU LATER HOMEY" WE LEFT. THAT WAS THE REAL MARK ALBERT.
I WILL MISS MY PHONE RINGING AND THE WORDS "BOBBY BOY WHEN ARE YOU COMING OVER?"
I AM COMING OVER, WE ARE ALL COMING OVER, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME MY FRIEND.
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Robert A Ruggiero posted a condolence
I am deeply grieved about Mark's passing on. Even though he graduated one year after me, I do remember him.
RIP, Mark!
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Gail Cohen-Lerner posted a condolence
I have been asked by several people to please post my Eulogy for my dear friend Mark sooo here it is:
As I stand here today, and as I thought of what I wanted to say, I knew Mark would have expected me to say something, as he well knew I was NEVER at a lack for words, even when and maybe even especially when my words were in direct conflict to his thoughts.
Then we could get into a heated argument which is what he loved the best!!
But today, my dear friend, Mark, I hope that you will approve of what I have to say about you to your scores of friends and loving family.
You ARE and Always will be an ICON in our minds.
Growing up as kids we were told that you were “the trouble maker” and you were not allowed in our homes. YOU ALWAYS had to wait on the corner and at that time you Never understood why.
Those days have long since past and you grew from "the trouble maker” to the mench that you have been for so many years. You were always there for friends and family and would and often did, give the shirt off your back and the ruggulah and philly fluff from your bakery!
I shall never forget our days of baking for the masses in my house and I shall cherish the moments, the recipes, the mixer, the baking pans and all the paraphenalia you gave me so that I could continue to bake The Albert Way.
You lived a full life, produced two loving and caring daughters and 3 beautiful grandchildren all of whom I know have a large part of YOU in each of them.
I know that in more recent years, Marion’s illness consumed your life and showed us all the love and affection you showered her with every day.
Rest in peace our dear Mark because you have lived a full life and seen the Good Times as well as The Bad Times and no amount of pain EVER stopped you from doing what YOU wanted to do and accomplish.
After your motor cycle days were over, fishing re-entered your life and became your solace and a safe place to hide from your troubles and pain. You never fooled the ones who loved you. We saw your pain and felt that pain for you.
Your life ended all to suddenly and has left a vast hole in our hearts and a tremendous void in our lives, but we know that the pain and suffering is gone and that you can now REST IN PEACE and go fishing with Larry and Cary and know that Marion will continue to be well taken care of.
So until we met again my dear friend I promise we will be together again one of these days AND when we do leave this earth, I pray that each and every one of us see you out on that beautiful ocean with a hugh fish on your rod and a smile on your face.
Enjoy the fishing and send our love to all of those you have gone before you.
We shall forever love and miss you.
Rest in Peace.
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Denny Conroy posted a condolence
You are my friend. You are my brother. You are the most influential person in my life. Thank you for the lions share of who I am today.
The next time I hook into a big fish.......and loose it, I will hear you yelling at me, and I will smile.
My last words to you were, " I love you bro", and I always will.
Denny
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PHIL AND SHEILA HECHT posted a condolence
MARK WAS ALWAYS A VERY SPECIAL PERSON TO US. HE LOVED PEOPLE, AND LONG TIME FRIENDS. WE SAW HIM LAST AT THE ELLENVILLE REUNION IN FEB, 2011. STILL FULL OF LIFE AND PLANS... WE WISH YOU WELL, MARK, IN THE HEREAFTER. BY NOW YOU ARE MEETING WITH YOUR OLD FRIENDS FROM THE PAST, AND YOUR BROTHERS, AND HAVING A BALL.
WE WISH HAPPY THOUGHTS AND MEMORIES TO MARK'S FAMILY TOO.
MARK WAS A SPECIAL PERSON. A SPECIAL PERSON IN MANY PEOPLE'S HEARTS.
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Ralph Giunta posted a condolence
You always were there and considered me like a son, and you like a father father. We joked, had fun, and cried together. You are the best man at my wedding, my daughters G_d parent (along with Marion), best friend, and business partner for many years. Your words of encouragement, loving kindness, and life’s lessons have always been apart of my life and of my children’s.
I will never forget the day we met 29 years ago. You shaped and molded me (like a good piece of rye bread) into the person I am today, which changed my life forever. I will continue to love you, listen to your voice, see your beautiful smile and wish there were one more minute to be with you. I will continue to “do the right thing” as I feel your presence beside me, every step of what is left to life as we know it. I am glad you are at peace.
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M&MS S. Levine posted a condolence
Sweet, fun loving, great guy, caring. Mark will be greatly missed.
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sherry rosenstock posted a condolence
big , tall, and handsome. thats how I will always remember him from my growing up days in Ellenville
Deepest condolences to his family.
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Gail Cohen-Lerner posted a condolence
I believe I said it all in my Eulogy on Wednesday.
You will be loved, thought of and missed forever.
Lady Eddington and your Compai
aka Gail and Frank.
You knew you were loved when Mark had a special name for you!!!! That love was returned two-fold.
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Diane L Cohen posted a condolence
Mark's humor and smile will be forever etched in my memories. I join the large group that was touched by his presence. Rest in Peace, dear Mark and send my love to all you meet.
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Alan Newmark posted a condolence
I was a classmate of Mark, and although did not keep in touch with the class as much as I wished I had, his demise has diminished all of us who knew him. Please accept my most heart-felt condolences and may his passing in some way bring us all that much closer together.
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Dagmar Mielisch Yaddow posted a condolence
My deepest sympathy to the remaining Albert Family who, while I attended the Ellenville High School and was graduated together with Mark in the Class of 1960, were a real part of our family.
When I got married in 1969, it was the Albert's Bakery in Ellenville where my wedding cake was baked and I like to think that Mark did have a "hand" in preparing that delicious and most beautiful cake, which was transported all the way to Kingston to the Immanual Lutheran Church where I got married. When my husband Wayne and I attend plays at the Shadowland Theatre on Canal Street in Ellenville, we always remember Albert's Bakery which was located only a couple stores West of the Shadowland.
Now, it is memories of Mark and what he "taught us all while he dwelt among us" as to how to live life "to the fullest and to be vehicles of kindness and be generous to our fellow humans whose paths cross ours" that will sustain us.
May God give you His peace and strengthen you during this sad time.
We will miss you, Mark, BUT, we will NEVER forget you.
Fellow Classmate,
Dagmar Mielisch Yaddow
Rhinebeck, NY
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Ken Sinick posted a condolence
I remember Mark vividly from my school days in Ellenville as a hard worker and someone who liked to have fun.
Although ahead of me in school, he always had time to talk and laugh about something.
I had the pleasure of seeing him at the Ellenville Re-union in FL several months ago.
Rest in peace Mark
My sympathies are with your wife, children and family members.
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SHARON BLACKWELL posted a condolence
Mark will be deeply missed by all whose life he touched. Tough on the outside and mush on the inside. A piece of my heart will be void without him in my life. My sincere sympathy to to all the family.
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Judy Frank posted a condolence
My heart aches for the family. It seems like only yesterday that we buried Glenn. May your memories of Mark and Glenn give you comfort.
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Karen and Alan Blocker posted a condolence
Alan and I each remember our dear friend Mark in special ways. I recall his early years, the thrill of young kisses, the fun of youth and the delight later of weddings and families. Mark was an usher for us and signed our wedding ketubah, the same day as his birthday. For Alan, Mark shared instant and enduring friendship and the explorations of youth. Mark truly "walked the talk" and taught us by his example to do the same and to meet all the challenges of life. We have loved him always and we will cherish memories of him. Rest in peace, our dear friend. Deepest condolences to his children, his Marion, and his family members. Karen and Alan
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David Ezra posted a condolence
We ran from long beach to the coast of florida, PR to points north to ski. Raced horses, and bet, bet , bet. Fished, and fought like cats and dogs. You had my back, and I yours. Just saw the news in print, wiping tears. I will miss you.
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Lynn Troyansky Arroyo posted a condolence
Mark, Ronnie, my brother Bobby, and I knew each other as kids. We lived in Brooklyn and our moms (my mom was Mary)were friends. I just learned of Mark's passing and I wanted to extend my sincerest sympathies to the family.